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Hot climates to see more variability in tree leafing as temperatures rise

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that while all regions of the country can expect an earlier start to the growing season as temperatures rise, the trend is likely to become more variable year-over-year in hotter regions.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NASA, DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

Story tips: Fusion squeeze, global image mapping, computing mental health, Na+ batteries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Story tips: Fusion squeeze, global image mapping, computing mental health and sodium batteries.

Journal: Energy Storage Materials
Funder: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Vehicle Technologies Office, Fusion Energy Sciences; DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences., Office of Electricity; Laboratory Directed Research and Development; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Energy's Office of Science

Energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. The advancement is aimed at accelerating the production of electric vehicles and energy storage solutions for the power grid.

Funder: Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office; DOE Lab Investment Incubator Activity; DOE Technology Commercialization Fund

Closely spaced hydrogen atoms could facilitate superconductivity in ambient conditions

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of researchers discovered the hydrogen atoms in a common metal hydride material are much more tightly spaced than had been predicted for decades--a feature that could possibly facilitate superconductivity at or near room temperature and pressure. The scientists conducted neutron scattering experiments at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory on samples of zirconium vanadium hydride.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

Simulations Identify Importance of Atomic-Level Distortions in Certain Fuel Cell Materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Using supercomputer simulations and a large dataset of materials, scientists found a connection between distortions in the material's atomic structure and the amount of energy required to separate a proton from the material.

Stretched to the Limit and Sparkling on Curved Surfaces

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists grew tungsten disulfide 2D crystals over donut shapes. With this approach, they created strain that changed the materials' growth dynamics and light emission properties.

Polymer expert Advincula named ORNL-UT Governor's Chair

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Rigoberto 'Gobet' Advincula has been named Governor's Chair of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee.

Quantum experiments explore power of light for communications, computing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

A team of quantum researchers from ORNL have conducted a series of experiments to gain a better understanding of quantum mechanics and pursue advances in quantum networking and quantum computing, which could lead to practical applications in cybersecurity and other areas.

Funder: DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL develops sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brines

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In the quest for domestic sources of lithium to meet growing demand for battery production, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are advancing a sorbent that can be used to more efficiently recover the material from brine wastes at geothermal power plants.

Liam Collins: Mapping the unseen

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As a scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Liam Collins advances microscopy techniques to enable researchers to study materials and their properties on a nanometer length scale.

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